World No. 8 Stanislas Wawrinka won his opening match against Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan in the first round of 2014’s Australian Open on Monday, January 13th. Since winning the Chennai Open title at the beginning of the 2014 season, Stan has been showing good form with his new VCORE Tour G racquet.

The first Grand Slam tournament of 2014, the Australian Open, will be held from January 13th to 26th. Stanislas Wawrinka (New Racquet*) is ready for the first big event of the year, winning in the preliminary tournament, the Aircel Chennai Open, last week.